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Adam Watt
Born	(1967-11-10) 10 November 1967 (age 57) Manly, New South Wales, Australia
Other names	Lights Out
Nationality	Australian
Height	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight	86.5 kg (191 lb; 13.62 st)
Style	Seidokaikan karate
Professional boxing record
Total	18
Wins	14
By knockout	14
Losses	4
By knockout	4
Kickboxing record
Total	50
Wins	37
By knockout	30
Losses	12
Draws	1
Last updated on: 4 April 2021

Adam Keith Watt (born 10 November 1967) is an Australian former boxer and kickboxer. He has studied kickboxing, Seido-kaikan karate, and boxing. His nickname was "Lights Out" because of his high level karate and boxing skills, and one punch knock out power. He has won many world kickboxing titles, and reached as high as 10th in the highly respected World Boxing Council's & World Boxing Organisation's (W.B.C & WBO) Cruiserweight ratings. Becoming the first person in the world to ever fight for world Karate, Kickboxing and Boxing Titles.

He won the Australian Cruiserweight title in March 2000 in the ANBF "Fight of the Year" against Victorian Tosca Petridis, and was the first Australian to win the Commonwealth Cruiserweight Boxing title. Adam also achieved success in Japan's K-1 Kickboxing tournaments, winning K-1 Oceania, knocking out highly regarded South African Mike Bernardo in 2001 amongst other great victories.

Arrest and assault and fight for justice

In September 2008, Watt was arrested for conspiring to import chemical precursors to the drug methamphetamine. While Watt was on remand awaiting trial, he was hit from behind with a sandwich toaster inside a pillow case. When ambulance officers reached Watt he was clinically dead, but they managed to revive him at the scene. The extent of his injuries has not been made public. Following the attempt on his life, Adam was held in maximum security conditions and denied urgent medical treatment for nearly one year. His condition continued to deteriorate until eventually a brain injury specialist was brought to the jail to examine him. A Magistrate later described his untreated injuries as "life-threatening".

Upon his release, whilst undergoing medical treatment, Adam embarked on what one legal practitioner described in court as "a crusade" to not only defend himself and uncover the identity of those truly responsible for the crime for which he had been charged, but also to have the Australian Human Rights Commission hold NSW Corrective Services accountable for his mistreatment. In 2014 Adam was found unfit to stand trial on the import charge and the Crown withdrew the Supply charge.

Career

• Kickboxing
  • 2002 K-1 World Grand Prix Preliminary Melbourne champion
  • 2001 K-1 World Grand Prix in Fukuoka Repechage B runner up
  • 2001 K-1 World Grand Prix in Osaka runner up
  • 1993 U.K.F. World Cruiserweight champion
  • W.K.A. World Cruiserweight champion
  • I.S.K.A. World Full Contact Light Cruiserweight champion
  • I.S.K.A. World Muay Thai Light Cruiserweight champion
• Boxing
  • 2000-01 British Commonwealth Cruiserweight champion
  • 2000 Australian Cruiserweight champion
  • 1999-00 O.P.B.F. Cruiserweight champion (1 title defense)
  • 1999 O.B.A. Cruiserweight champion (1 title defense)
  • 1997-98 P.A.B.A. Cruiserweight champion

Boxing record

Boxing Record

14 Wins (14 (T)KO's), 4 Losses Date Result Opponent Venue Location Method Round Time Record 2001-02-17 Loss Sebastiaan Rothmann Carnival City Casino Brakpen, South Africa KO 8 (12) 14-4 Fight was for Rothmann's W.B.U. Cruiserweight World title. 2000-10-07 Loss Johnny Nelson Doncaster Dome Doncaster, England, UK KO 5 (12) 2:12 14-3 Fight was for Nelon's W.B.O. Cruiserweight World title. 2000-06-24 Win Bruce Scott Hampden Park Glasgow, Scotland, UK TKO 4 (12) 14-2 Wins vacant Commonwealth (British Empire) Cruiserweight title. 2000-03-24 Win Tosca Petridis Hornsby RSL Club Sydney, Australia TKO 7 (12) 2:36 13-2 Wins Petridis's Australian Cruiserweight title and retains O.P.B.F. Cruiserweight title. 2000-02-04 Win Caine Melbourne Star City Casino Sydney, Australia KO 3 (8) 12-2 1999-10-16 Win Lightning Lupe Omnisports Stadium Nouméa, New Caledonia TKO 4 (12) 11-2 Retains O.B.A. Cruiserweight title. 1999-09-17 Win Mosese Sorovi Manly Warringah Leagues Club Sydney, Australia TKO 1 (12) 2:04 10-2 Wins Sorovi's O.P.B.F. Cruiserweight title. 1999-08-05 Win Phil Gregory Willoughby Town Hall Sydney, Australia KO 2 (6) 9-2 1999-03-15 Loss Wayne Braithwaite Star City Casino Sydney, Australia KO 1 (12) 2:37 8-2 Fight was for vacant W.B.U. Cruiserweight World title. 1999-01-16 Win Phil Gregory Alexandria Basketball Stadium Sydney, Australia TKO 3 (12) 8-1 Wins vacant O.B.A. Cruiserweight title. 1998-08-27 Win Simon Whiu South Sydney Junior Rugby League Club Sydney, Australia KO 3 7-1 1998-04-05 Loss Valeriy Vykhor Newcastle Entertainment Centre Newcastle, Australia TKO 1 (12) 6-1 Loses P.A.B.A. Cruiserweight title. 1998-02-28 Win Dean Turvey Parramatta RSL Club Sydney, Australia KO 2 (10) 2:43 6-0 1997-12-06 Win Kevin Wagstaff Stockland Stadium Townsville, Australia KO 1 (12) 2:36 5-0 Wins vacant P.A.B.A. Cruiserweight title. 1997-09-12 Win Nat Ledua Manly Warringah Leagues Club Sydney, Australia KO 1 (10) 1:55 4-0 1997-05-02 Win Joe Kiwi Kingi Dee Why RSL Club Sydney, Australia TKO 3 (10) 1:58 3-0 1997-02-10 Win Ernie Valentine Memorial Auditorium Sacramento, California, USA KO 1 2-0 1996-11-22 Win Phil Gregory Manly Warringah Leagues Club Sydney, Australia KO 1 (8) 1-0 Makes professional boxing debut. Legend:   Win   Loss   Draw/No contest   Notes

Kickboxing record

Kickboxing Record

37 Wins (30 (T)KO's, 7 Decisions), 12 Losses, 1 Draw Date Result Opponent Event Location Method Round Time 2002-10-11 Loss Gurkan Ozkan Sydney, Australia Decision (Unanimous) 6 2:00 2002-08-17 Loss Pavel Majer K-1 World Grand Prix 2002 in Las Vegas Quarterfinals Las Vegas, Nevada, USA Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 2002-02-18 Win Andrew Peck K-1 World Grand Prix 2002 Preliminary Melbourne Final Melbourne, Australia KO 1 1:50 Wins the K-1 World Grand Prix 2002 Preliminary Melbourne and qualifies for the K-1 World Grand Prix 2002 in Las Vegas. 2002-02-18 Win Jason Suttie K-1 World Grand Prix 2002 Preliminary Melbourne Semifinals Melbourne, Australia Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 2002-02-18 Win Clay Aumitagi K-1 World Grand Prix 2002 Preliminary Melbourne Quarterfinals Melbourne, Australia TKO 2 1:48 2001-12-08 Loss Mike Bernardo K-1 World Grand Prix 2001 Reserve fight Tokyo, Japan Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 2001-10-08 Loss Mark Hunt K-1 World Grand Prix 2001 in Fukuoka Final Fukuoka, Japan TKO (Doctor stoppage) 3 1:38 Despite defeat, will be invited to the K-1 World Grand Prix 2001 as a reservist. 2001-10-08 Win Mike Bernardo K-1 World Grand Prix 2001 in Fukuoka Semifinals Fukuoka, Japan TKO (2 knockdowns/Punch) 1 2:27 2001-04-29 Loss Jérôme Le Banner K-1 World Grand Prix 2001 in Osaka Final Osaka, Japan KO (Punches) 1 0:46 2001-04-29 Win Peter Graham K-1 World Grand Prix 2001 in Osaka Semifinals Osaka, Japan KO (Punch) 2 1:29 2001-04-29 Loss Ray Sefo K-1 World Grand Prix 2001 in Osaka Quarterfinals Osaka, Japan TKO (Right hook) 1 2:20 Despite defeat, advances to semifinals due to injury suffered by Ray Sefo. 1996-06-02 Loss Perry Teigt K-1 Fight Night II Zürich, Switzerland TKO (Doctor stoppage) 3 1:05 1996 Win Errol Parris Sydney, Australia KO (Left hook) 2 1:14 Retains the UKF World Cruiserweight title. 1994-05-08 Loss Artem Tonoyan K-2 Plus Tournament 1994 Quarterfinals Amsterdam, Netherlands KO 1 1993-12-29 Loss Ernesto Hoost K-2 Grand Prix '93 Semifinals Tokyo, Japan TKO (2 knockdowns/Right high kick) 1 2:13 1993-12-29 Win Bob Zengifo K-2 Grand Prix '93 Quarterfinals Tokyo, Japan KO (Spinning back fist) 1 0:43 1993-11-15 Win Jan Lomulder K-1 Andy's Glove Tokyo, Japan TKO (Doctor stoppage) 2 2:36 1993-09-04 Win Gerard Gordeau K-1 Illusion Tokyo, Japan KO (Spinning back fist) 2 2:07 1993-06-25 Win Lavelle Robinson K-1 Sanctuary III Osaka, Japan Decision (Unanimous) 5 3:00 Wins the UKF World Cruiserweight title. 1993-05-22 Win Kaneko Machida AJKF Evolution Step-3 Tokyo, Japan TKO (Referee stoppage/Right low kick) 4 2:22 1993-03-30 Win Nobuki Iwashita Korakuen Experiment: Round 2 Tokyo, Japan KO 1 1:56 1993-03-30 Win Shinjiro Aoki K-1 Sanctuary I Tokyo, Japan KO 1 0:40 1992-12-11 Loss Rob Kaman Tokyo, Japan KO 1992-10-04 Loss Stan Longinidis Seido Kaikan '92 Karate World Cup Kakutogi Olympic III Japan TKO (Dislocated shoulder) 1 Watt was injured when both fighters fell out of the ring. 1992-08-29 Loss Mike Vieira San Jose, California KO (Punch) 2 2:05 Fight was for the UMT World Cruiserweight title. 1992-05-16 Loss Peter Aerts Rings Mega Battle 4th Tokyo, Japan KO 2 2:46 1992-03-26 Loss Rob Kaman Seido Kaikan Kakutogi Olympic I Tokyo, Japan KO 2 2:18 1992-03-05 Draw Hans Nyman Mega Battle II: Ibuki Amagasaki, Japan Decision draw 5 3:00 Legend:   Win   Loss   Draw/No contest   Notes

See also

• List of male kickboxers

References

1. NSAC report of K-1 World Grand Prix 2002 in Las Vegas
2. www.dailytelegraph.com.au
3. www.smh.com.au

External links

• Boxing record for Adam Watt from BoxRec (registration required)
• Fighter's profile: Adam Watt, at K-1 site.

• 1967 births
• Heavyweight boxers
• Australian male kickboxers
• Cruiserweight kickboxers
• Heavyweight kickboxers
• Australian male karateka
• Living people
• Commonwealth Boxing Council champions
• Australian male boxers